Reinhold Hofmann Biography – 7
These are the two men whose carefully preserved photo albums have done so much to bring to light Reinhold Hofmann ’ s wartime photographic record , Alfred Schultz ( left ) and Karl Bunge ( right ).
Both men had been with the DH & PG at the time of internment , Schultz in Tonga and Bunge in Apia . In addition to his remarkable album which has over 100 Hofmann photographs , Alfred Schultz left detailed captions . Their content has proven of immense archival value . Mr Schultz lived in several locations after internment , including American Samoa , and died in
Hamburg in 1944 . His album is held by descendants , the Kronfeld-Parr family , of Auckland .
After marrying New Zealander Mary Kramer-Walter Karl Bunge spent some years in Macassar which is on the Island of Sulawesi in what is now part of Indonesia . The family returned to Auckland in 1928 due to Karl ’ s ill health and he passed away in 1928 . He is buried at Hillsborough Cemetery , in Auckland . His album is held by descendants . It contains 25 or so Hofmann duplicates from the Schultz album as well as a similar number of new Hofmann originals .
Reinhold ’ s Archives NZ file ends with his departure from the British port of Harwich on 22 December , 1920 , bound for France and home . Thanks to research in 2014 by Professor Reinhard Wendt and Barbara Traumann , of the History Institute , at the University of Hagen , Germany , we have been able to add further to Hofmann ’ s biography in the post-war period and also obtain additional photographs . With perfect timing , Mr Hofmann arrived at his father ’ s home in Kassel on Christmas Eve , 1920 . A separation of eight years had come to an end .
Reinhold married Gertrud Kaltenborn ( bn 1887 ) in 1923 . The Hofmanns moved to nearby Obervellmar in January 1925 .
Both photos Alfred Schultz Album , Tui Kronfeld Parr Collection , photographer Reinhold Hofmann ( restored T . Brunt , 2014 ).
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